good morning, i'm peter al alexander in for willie geist. this is "way too early," glad you're up watching on msnbc, listening on sirius/xm radio. shoot me an e-mail, let us know why you're awake or you can do what amy wambach did all tournament long text the word awake to 622639. you gooz always drill it. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for monday, july 18th. a lot going on including a dangerous heat wave continues, blanketing the midwest. it's expected to reach the east coast this week. we'll have an update on that. also, if you happen to be in court on domestic violence charges, probably not good for your case to do like she did, attack the judge. yeah, just not a good call, we're told. we'll break down what's going on here later in the show. >>> first, let's get right to the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. there is new fallout this morning from the phone-hacking and bribery scandal that has already brought down one of britain's largest newspapers. former news international ceo rebekah brooks, one of rupe